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Tag: Coaching

Thank you, Overcome Fear, Know Yourself, and Ask Advice

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted June 22, 2015•0 Comment(s)

Over Friday and Saturday last week I did CGO Surgeries and coaching sessions with 16 different creative artists from London, UK, Montreal and Los Angeles. It is a time when each practitioner looks at the challenges they are having with…

Tags: cgo surgery, Coaching, marketing
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Two themes – proud audience member and inspired workshop leader.

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted April 18, 2015•0 Comment(s)

Last week I saw my son, Michael Grady-Hall, play Oppenheimer in the West End. A planned performance in the Vaudeville RSC schedule when the amazing John Heffernan was off and his understudy, Michael, played. It was an electric performance.   Yesterday…

Tags: Coaching, creativity, Gregory Doran, Helen Grady, Michael Grady-Hall, Rose Bruford, RSC
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23 New Creative Theatre Producers in one room

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted March 30, 2015•3 Comment(s)

My third blog from The National Student Drama Festival – this time cheering the role of Creative Producers, the lovely opportunity to make connections, and the rather unexpected claim from one panelist that there were no such thing as producers…

Tags: Coaching, creative producing, mountview, National Student Drama Festival
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Croissants, Cocktails, and the Universe at work…

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted February 24, 2015•0 Comment(s)

This week I will be quick because its Tues already I want to offer you croissants and coaching, cocktails and coaching, and a quick dose of “thank you Universe”. I was at a course on Saturday to help me help others…

Tags: Coaching, cocktails, consiousness, Networking
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Pick Me…pick me…or maybe pick yourself

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted February 17, 2015•0 Comment(s)

I’m returning to a theme I explored in my blog of 19th January “can’t get a job…make some work” inspired by some of the coaching sessions I’ve had in the last couple of days, and in preparation for the CGO…

Tags: 4N Networking, art, breakfast, Business, Coaching, creativity, seth godin
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Open your eyes and your heart – listen to the Universe.

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted February 9, 2015•0 Comment(s)

The mind is a strange and wonderful thing and they say we regularly use about 10% of 1% of it for personal growth and development. Pam Lidford’s amazing coaching CD for coaches which I am working through today offers the…

Tags: Coaching, collective consiousness, creativity, mind, universe
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Preparing ourselves for the business year

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted January 4, 2015•3 Comment(s)

I am sitting in a peaceful retreat with family on the last few days of a Christmas/New Year gathering. Hiding myself in a corner I am starting my new year business planning, and I thought I’d share my process…in case…

Tags: cgo surgery, Coaching, creativity, DandD, New Year; business planning;
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Forecast Academy – check it out…

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted November 3, 2014

“I can’t keep it in…I can’t lock it away…I’ve got to let it out” is the Cat Stevens lyric I heard sung by an artist as part of her rant this morning, using performance, movement and music to let out…

Tags: Coaching, creativity, theatre, Training
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Try TRI – Three Referral Inspiration

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted October 6, 2014

Last week I offered my blog reader a wonderful use of a tin of beans.  This week I want to share something which I picked up at the same meeting of the Stowmarket Chamber to help us all as we…

Tags: Coaching, marketing, referrals
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A TIN  Of BEANS reduces backstrain…

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted September 19, 2014

Wearied from watching the decision of the Scottish people since 2am, I went off to Stowmarket Chamber Breakfast at 06:45 where I was surrounded by inspirational champions of business and enterprise.  We each did 60 seconds on our business and…

Tags: 4N, Beans, book, Coaching, Muscles, Networking, Stowmarket, Your Life in Theatre
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